Oakland's Bruce Maxwell becomes the first MLB player to kneel during the
national anthem, pulling the sport into a polarizing protest movement that
has been criticized harshly by President Donald Trump.

Watchgate comes to an anticlimactic ending, as commissioner Rob Manfred
fines the Red Sox an undisclosed amount of money over the sign-stealing
incident and fines the Yanks for misuing their dugout phone.

A report in the New York Times pegs the Red Sox as sign-stealers, swiping
signals from the Yankees via the help of an Apple watch. In response, John
Farrell says only 'it's a league matter at this point.'

Rajai Davis is just the latest in a string of in-season acquisitions the Red
Sox have made under Dave Dombrowski. And they've mostly paid off, as Drew
Pomeranz and Eduardo Nunez demonstrated Wednesday.

Doug Fister gave up a leadoff homer and then nothing else, finishing with
a career-best one-hitter, and Eduardo Nunez had five RBI as the Red Sox
rolled to a 9-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesda